Walker Books Australia

The Christmas book faeries came to visit me last week and left a string of lovely reviews for Sad, the Dog in places I never expected to see them – the Sydney Morning Herald, the weekend Spectrum (SMH), The Age and the New York Times. Of course, there’s no such thing as book faeries but…

One of the sessions I attended at the Australia-NZ 2014 SCBWI Conference gave the advice “love your publisher”. It was definitely a love-fest at this month’s inaugural Walker Books Australia (WBA) Author-Illustrator Conference. And what was not to love? It was a time for catching up with old friends – too many to name –…